Anaplan is Flexible and Powerful, But Does Not Require Technical Expertise or Coding
What do you like best about the product?
Excel is great when you are working by yourself, but as you start to collaborate with colleagues and add enterprise-level amounts of data the cracks start to show. Anaplan gives you the same flexibility to build whatever you need, but with enterprise-level information system guardrails for things like security, auditability, change control, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial price point is pretty high. It is hard for organizations to inexpensively do a Pilot or Proof of Concept. I would like to see them offer an inexpensive 90 or 180 day option for 2-4 users with Model Builder access to accelerate adoption.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan helps our clients connect their Financial planning with Operational planning. We hear over and over again from our clients that they are able to forecast more frequently and more accurately because the Anaplan solutions we configure for them reduce the time to forecast and plan.